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In this he was a great contrast to Coligny, of austere countenance, and to the sour, bilious Chaudieu, who chose to wear on this occasion the robe and bands of a Calvinist minister.
"There speaks the true Huguenot. If all our men were like that," said La Renaudie, laying his hand on Christophe's shoulder, "we should be conquerors to-morrow." "Young man," resumed the prince, "I desire to show you that if Chaudieu preaches, if the nobleman goes armed, the prince fights. Therefore, in this hot game all stakes are played." "Now listen to me," said La Renaudie.
Sometime after this conversation, one morning when Christophe was gazing at the river and thinking of the scene which began this history, of the Prince de Conde, Chaudieu, La Renaudie, of his journey to Blois, in short, the whole story of his hopes, his father came and sat down beside him, scarcely concealing a joyful thought beneath a serious manner.
"I," replied the voice, "am Captain Chaudieu, brother of the minister. I was taken prisoner to-night at Beaugency; but, luckily, there is nothing against me." "All is discovered," said Christophe; "you are fortunate to be saved from the fray."
You must have seen that they exposed you to the punishment of all those who assist in a rebellion." "Yes." "The persons who persuaded you to this act of high treason must have promised you rewards and the protection of the queen-mother." "I did it out of attachment to Chaudieu, the only person whom I saw in the matter." "Do you persist in saying you did not see the Prince de Conde?" "Yes."
"I am Chaudieu." Hearing the name of one of the most illustrious ministers and devoted actors in the terrible drama called "The Reformation," Christophe quivered as a faithful peasant might have quivered on recognizing his disguised king. "Perhaps you would like to see some furs?
"I had supposed," said Chaudieu to the Prince de Conde, the King of Navarre, and Admiral Coligny, as they left the hall, "that a great State matter would be treated more seriously." "Oh! we know very well what you want," exclaimed the Prince de Conde, exchanging a sly look with Theodore de Beze. The prince now left his adherents to attend a rendezvous.
But in the very midst of it he was struck by the attitude of the two witnesses; then, as he caught the words of Chaudieu saying to de Beze, "The Burning Bush!" he sat down, was silent, and covered his face with his two hands, the knotted veins of which were throbbing in spite of their coarse texture.
We will here anticipate the events on which this Study is based, and close the history of Theodore de Beze, who went to Paris with Chaudieu.
"Faith!" replied the Duc de Guise, "I am enchanted to see a gars who knows so well how to choose his men and to employ them in their right sphere. One of your agents," he said to Chaudieu, "actually endured the extraordinary question without dying and without confessing a single thing. I call myself brave; but I don't know that I could have endured it as he did."
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